Lot Archive

Lot

№ 692

.

2 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£140

The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons): Three albums, 18th Century to 1938, including several large watercolours of the c.1742 grenadier cap; numerous watercolours; a carte-de-visite size portrait of an officer in full dress in Dublin, c.1870; numerous copy photographs of regimental portraits; correspondence from the noted collector and authority of the regiment - James Allison addressed to Brennan, dated 1943; a Simkin print of an officer in full dress; various postcards of the drum horse and kettle-drummer; also the mounted band and troopers in South Africa kit; as well as five F. G. O. Stuart photographs, including a group of N.C.O.’s in scarlet frocks and pillbox or torin caps; a large group of N.C.O.’s in stable jackets displaying a fine array of rank insignia; and two large groups, mounted with lances, in stable jackets (3) £160-200